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By Elmer
Beginning with today' $ issue,
letter are received, the Daily will
$een through the eyes of Private Elmer Sprague, Daily columnist in
' ducted into the army two weeks ago with tlie enlisted reserve corps.
While Private Sprague has never expressed the hope to emulate
the "See Here, Private Hargrove" articles appearing daily in many
city papers, Nebraskan editors believe Sprague s periodical contribu
lions will present to readers an interesting sidelight on army life.
Fort Leavenworth, Kas.
April 8, 1943.
Dear People:
"Wherever there is a Nebraska man reading a "Daily"
there is a part of the Nebraska campus. This morning I watched
Privates George Townsend, Dick Svoboda, Tad Ward, Tom
Wohlford, Les Shcllhase, Wayne Stranathan and Jerry Toy
read the same old Ncbraskans that George's sister sent him.
(Continued on Page 2.)
Three Students
B)orm Has
Scarlet Fever Cases
. . . May
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"No new cases of scarlet fever
have been developed among resi
dents of the women's dormitory
since the last announcement,"
stated Dr. R. A. Lyman, director
of student health, yesterday after
noon. Whether or not the women
would be released today from
quarantine depends on city health
officials who took charge of the
epidemic last Wednesday. At that
Name Bert Reed Chairman
Of 1943 Alumni Round-up
noi-f t. neeA. president of the
Lincoln Alumni club, has been ap
pointed chairman for the 1943
alumni round-up May 22-24 by
Harold M. Holmquist, president of
University of Nebraska Alumni as
sociation. The Lincoln club again will
sponsor the major feature of the
round-up, the alumni-faculty re
union luncheon, May 22, at which
distinguished service awards Will
be announced. An annual report Is
made by the president, and a
prominent speaker Is usually ob-'
tained. Due to the fact that the
aircrew unit has practically taken
over the west wing of the Union,
it may be impossible to hold the
reunion luncheon in the ballroom.
Smaller Program.
The national executive commit
tee has decided to reduce the pro-
Former Student '
Takes High Score
In Army Test
Word has been received that
Pvt. Charles t. Mastin of Sew
ard, Neb., former student at the
University of .Nebraska, has
scored 160 in his army general
classification test taken at Fort
Leavenworth, Kas., recently.
The highest possible score is 161.
Private Mastin graduated
with hondK from Seward high
school in 1941. Winner of a
regent's scholarship, he entered
the college of arts and Bcience
at the University of Nebraska
in 1941 and was an honor stu
dent during his freshman year.
Private Mastin was enrolled in
the ROTC during his freshman
year at the university and was
also a member of the ROTC
band.
See Here,
Private
Sprague!'
Spragfne. '
and running at often hereafter as
carry a column on army life as
E!o .New
Lift Quarantine
I . . J A i J A A. -11 H1 ..t a
time thev stated that all girls who
showed no signs of contracting
the disease would be allowed to
leave the halls.
A total of 73 cases of scarlet
fever has been announced since
the epidemic started a week ago
and the quarantine was put into
effect. Three new cases of measles
have developed within the last
two days, but no total of women
afflicted with measles could be
obtained.
. ; . May 22-24
gram to a minimum. There win De
no senior-alunuu aance or recep
tion. Other appointees on the round-
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Courtesy Lincoln Journal.
BERT REED
up committee are Mrs Joe W. Sea
crest, vice president of the Lincoln
Alumni club; Miss Patricia Lahr,
secretary; Clarence Hinds, treas
urer; T. B. Strain, past president;
and Charles T. Stuart, John H.
Ages, Dr. W. H. Morton, members
of the executive committee.
Coeds Register
For War Activity
In Union Lobby
War Council has 6ent post
cards to girls not registered for
some war activity. From Mon
day through Friday, registra
tion for these girls will be held
in the Union lobby.
Srih(n)E
The university college of en
gineering announced Saturday the
listing of courses to be offered
in a full 12 week summer session
beginning June 1.
The college of engineering will
be in session two weeks longer
than will other departments of the
university offering summer
courses. The 12 week schedule was
agreed upon when engineering
students were enlisted as army
Vpl. 43, No 48
Win Scholarships
Sill,Sallach,Newma u
ReceiveMillerAward
Richard Clement Sill, Henry
James Sallach and W. R. Elton
Newman were announced today as
winners of the Donald W. Miller
scholarships at the university for
the school year of 1943-44.
The scholarships, worth $750
each, are the largest grants of
this kind given at the university
and are granted primarily on the
basis of high scholarship.
Newman, who spent 11 years
farminer before he decided to con
tinue his education, entered tne
college of medicine in March with
the unusual record of having com
pleted his pre-medical require
ments while at the same time
working for a bachelor of science
degree in agriculture.
All Honor Students.
He would have confined his
graduate study to pre-medical
work, he explains, but he was un
certain of his ability to finance a
Teachers Group
Hears Shumate
On Legislature
At the Saturday morning session
of the Nebraska State Teachers'
association convention, Prof. Ralph
Shumate of the political science
department talked on the Ne
braska legislature, explaining the
workings of the unicameral and
the problems that have come to the
legislature in the last few years
since public assistance and power
problems became a part or its pro
gram. Officers were elected at the
luncheon by the association includ
ing Miss Elizabeth Kiewlt, pres
Ident, Dr. Lyle Mantor vice pres
ident, and Mrs. Ruth Dodge, sec
retary-treasurer.
Following the luncheon and con
cluding the two-day session of the
convention, Dr. Roland C. Usher of
Washington university and repre
senting the national speakers bu
reau of the co-ordinator of Inter
American affairs, finished a 6eries
concerning relations of South
America with the United States
and other countries.
Scheduled originally for sessions
at the Union, the association was
thrown into confusion when late
orders, originating from the uni
vcrsity order forbidding gather
ings on the campus this week end,
prevented meeting at the univer
sity. With the exception of the
Friday afternoon address by Dr.
Usher sessions have been held at
the Cornhusker.
fiowr IEnnslninieeim
and navy reservists and were de
ferred from active service with
the stipulation they remain in
school through the summer.
Courses In All Fields.
The courses to be offered this
summer will provide programs for
students in chemical, architectural,
and agricultural engineering as
well as those In the mechanical,
electrical and civil engineering
fields.
Lincoln Nebraska.
medical education when he came
to Lincoln in 1938. His outstand
ing record as an agricultural stu
dent enabled him to earn $800 in
scholarships to help meet under
graduate epenses.
Sallach is another farm boy who
started in the college of agricul
ture, developed an Interest in
chemistry and transferred to arts
and sciences to work towara a doc
tor's degree in that field. He is
now in his junior year. He came
to the university on a regents'
scholarship and was on the honor
roll in his freshman and sopho
more years. He has earned from
85 to 90 percent of his college ex
penses.
Sill, whose interests are in the
filed of physics, mathematics and
astrophysics, is a junior in arts
and sciences. He has a hobby of
building model battleships and
fighting naval battles with them
"in the manner of Fletcher Pratt."
He lives with his mother in Lincoln
and has earned 80 to 85 percent
of his college expenses. He has
been an honor roll student ana
has worked as an assistant in the
mathematics and physics depart
ments.
The late Donald Walters Miller,
in whose honor the scholarship
trust was set up, was a prominent
Lincoln business man.
For Hearst Trophy
University Rifle Teams
Place High in Competition
For the fourth time in the his-
torv of the ROTC. one or more of
the university rifle teams has
placed in the upper three in the
annual competition between the
ROTC units in the Seventh serv
ice command for the William Ran
dolph Hearst trophy award. The
match is sponsored by Hearst
newspapers.
In the recent matches held from
Feb. 15 to March 15, the UN No. 1
team placed second with a score
of 929. Kansas State college No. 1
team won first place with a score
of 934. Third place was taken by
the No. 1 team of the University
of Minnesota which scored 924.
Use Five Man Teams
This match is open to teams of
five men from ROTC units
throughout the United States and
is conducted as a separate contest
within each of the nine service
commands. The course of fire is
five shots in each of the four
positions with a possible tot"l
score of 1000. The University of
Nebraska ROTC unit has for a
The following engineering
courses are to be offered:
Civ. Eng. 1 Elementary Survey
ing 2 credits
9 Surveying 2 "
10 Plane Table Topog 3 "
103 Adv. Sur Pract.. .3 "
219 Hydraulics 3 "
221 Hydraulics 4 "
245 Theory of Struct. 4 "
247 Structral Design.. 3 -
Sunday, April 11, 1943
Daily Editors, Reporters
Meet Tomorrow at 3
There will be a meeting of
all staff members, reporters
and special editors of the
Daily Nebraskan, tomorrow at
3 p. m., in the Nebraskan of
fice, according to Alan J. Ja
cobs, editor. Any student who
wishes to work on the Daily
should attend the meeting.
Faculty Group
Endorses Ball
Post-war Flan
A University of Nebraska fac
ulty group organized as the uni
versity council on ppst-war re
construction voted its endorse
ment of the so-called Ball reso
lution post-war planning in the
United States senate at a meet- '
ing Friday evening.
A report of the group's action
will be sent to members of the
Nebraska congressional delega
tion. U. S. to Take Lead.
The Ball resolution provides
that the United States take the
lead in calling meetings of
representatives of the United
Nations for the purpose of form
ing an organization "with spe
cific and limited authority."
The University post-war coun
cil is headed by Dr. J. E. Le
Rossignol, dean emeritus of the
college of business administra
tion. number of years entered four
five-man teams in this matcn.
The following table shows the
results of the matches in which
the university teams placed in
the upper three:
Yf.ir Team No.
1929 U of N No. 1.
1940 V of N No. 1.
1942 U of N No. 1.
1942 U of N No. 2.
7Ui SG
... 3rd
... 2nd
... lt
3rd
1913
U of N No. 1 2nd
The personnel of the 1943 team
and their individual scores are as
follows:
Jnme H. Stuart Scored 192
Normsn R. Znbel Scored 191
Warren KoenlR Scored 178
Roer D. Anderson Scored 192
Oscar B. Powell Scored 182
High individual score was fired
by David Totten of Kansas State
with 193200 and second place in
the match was tied for by Stuart
and Anderson of Nebraska with
192200. Award of second place
goes to Stuart because under the
rulej of the National Rifle asso
ciation the man with the highest
standing score shall be declared
the winner,